The SBS in WWII: Gavin Mortimer's new book on the Special Boat Service

Described by one Conservative MP in 1944 as ‘a band of murderous, renegade
cut-throats’, the SBS waged a brutal guerrilla war against the Nazis during
World War II. Now, for the first time, the dramatic and daring story of
Britain’s most secretive Special Forces unit is told in a new book by Gavin
Mortimer, award-winning writer and historian. Here we look at some of the
never before seen photographs that feature in the book.

Above, a rare shot of the of the Special Boat section in 1941 when it was
still under the command of Roger Countney.